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Monday, June 30, 2008

This is one of my favorites.cut one square 7 1/4" from the background fabriccut in half on the diagonal twice, to make 4 quarter square trianglescut one square 4 1/4" from the background fabriccut in half on the diagonal twice, to make 4 quarter square trianglescut 4 squares 3 1/2" from the background fabriccut 2 squares 3 7/8" from the background fabriccut the (3 7/8") squares in half on the diagonal once to make 4 half square trianglescut one square 4 1/4" from a dark fabriccut in half on the diagonal twice, to make 4 quarter square trianglescut 4 squares 3 7/8" from the same dark fabriccut the squares in half on the diagonal once to make 8 half square triangleslayout as shownI pressed these seams open to reduce bulk in the centertrim the tails here, if desiredOnce the block is sewn together, square up to 12.5".

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Remember this quilt top? I have had it completed since early January. I lacked motivation to complete it, mainly because I didn't want to finish a king sized quilt that I didn't L-O-V-E. I knew I wouldn't use it on my bed, so there it sat, in a basket for a long time. A few weeks ago I started ripping it apart to remove the white sashing. I could have just cut it all apart, but I would have lost 6.5" by cutting it apart at the seams, and the quilt would have been too skinny. I didn't want to make more colored strips, either. So I ripped. And ripped. And ripped some more.

Then I had to reinforce the beginning and ending of most of the seams because they were coming apart. It was quite tedious. (That is a gross understatement.)

During the past several days I have been plugging away on it. I am happy (and very relieved) to have it back in quilt top form.

It now measures 78" x 87" and I am back to being excited about it.

It's so good to know that all that stitch ripping paid off.

I can't wait to quilt it now. I plan to back it with cream colored fabric and then quilt each line with matching thread. So for the pink strips, pink thread on the front and back, for the green strip, green thread front and back, etc. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it is smooth sailing from here on out-this quilt has given me more than enough trouble already.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Welcome to week 9 of the quilt along. There are only 4 more stars to make after this one. It's been fun for me to watch the progress on all your quilts! You all are doing a great job!

cut one square 7 1/4" from the background fabriccut in half diagonally, twice, to make 4 quarter square trianglescut 4 squares 3 1/2" from a dark fabriccut one square 6 1/2" from a medium fabriccut 4 squares from 3 7/8" from the same medium fabriccut each of the squares that measure 3 7/8" in half diagonally once, to make 8 half square triangleslayout as shown (you may want to double click on the photo)sew togetherand square up to 12.5".

Monday, June 16, 2008

cut 4 rectangles 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" from a dark fabriccut 4 squares 2 1/2" from a medium fabriccut 4 squares 2 7/8" from a medium fabriccut all 4 squares that measure 2 7/8" in half on the diagonal once to make half square triangles(for a total of 8 triangles)cut one square 4 1/2" from the medium fabriccut 4 rectangles 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" from the background fabriccut 4 squares 2 1/2" from the background fabriccut one square 5 1/4" from the background fabriccut it in half twice on the diagonal to make 4 quarter square triangleslayout as shownsew togetherand square up to 12.5".